diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-google-analytics/src/index.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-google-analytics/src/index.ts
index 0f699c5c90729..b3c302b339ba2 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-google-analytics/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-google-analytics/src/index.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import type {
   HtmlTags,
   OptionValidationContext,
   ValidationResult,
+  ThemeConfig,
+  ThemeConfigValidationContext,
 } from '@docusaurus/types';
 import type {PluginOptions} from '@docusaurus/plugin-google-analytics';
 
@@ -77,3 +79,14 @@ export function validateOptions({
 }: OptionValidationContext<PluginOptions>): ValidationResult<PluginOptions> {
   return validate(pluginOptionsSchema, options);
 }
+
+export function validateThemeConfig({
+  themeConfig,
+}: ThemeConfigValidationContext<ThemeConfig>): ValidationResult<ThemeConfig> {
+  if (themeConfig.googleAnalytics) {
+    throw new Error(
+      'The "googleAnalytics" field in themeConfig should now be specified as option for plugin-google-analytics. More information at .',
+    );
+  }
+  return themeConfig;
+}
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-google-gtag/src/index.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-google-gtag/src/index.ts
index 438cdd8c9433c..30bf6980e5594 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-google-gtag/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-google-gtag/src/index.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import type {
   HtmlTags,
   OptionValidationContext,
   ValidationResult,
+  ThemeConfig,
+  ThemeConfigValidationContext,
 } from '@docusaurus/types';
 import type {PluginOptions} from '@docusaurus/plugin-google-gtag';
 
@@ -90,3 +92,14 @@ export function validateOptions({
 }: OptionValidationContext<PluginOptions>): ValidationResult<PluginOptions> {
   return validate(pluginOptionsSchema, options);
 }
+
+export function validateThemeConfig({
+  themeConfig,
+}: ThemeConfigValidationContext<ThemeConfig>): ValidationResult<ThemeConfig> {
+  if (themeConfig.gtag) {
+    throw new Error(
+      'The "gtag" field in themeConfig should now be specified as option for plugin-google-gtag. More information at .',
+    );
+  }
+  return themeConfig;
+}
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-preset-classic/src/index.ts b/packages/docusaurus-preset-classic/src/index.ts
index 745c9cd82f5c2..99675658069ae 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-preset-classic/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-preset-classic/src/index.ts
@@ -31,8 +31,17 @@ export default function preset(
   const {themeConfig} = siteConfig;
   const {algolia} = themeConfig as Partial<ThemeConfig>;
   const isProd = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production';
-  const {debug, docs, blog, pages, sitemap, theme, analytics, gtag, ...rest} =
-    opts;
+  const {
+    debug,
+    docs,
+    blog,
+    pages,
+    sitemap,
+    theme,
+    googleAnalytics,
+    gtag,
+    ...rest
+  } = opts;
 
   const themes: PluginConfig[] = [];
   themes.push(makePluginConfig('@docusaurus/theme-classic', opts.theme));
@@ -50,9 +59,9 @@ export default function preset(
   if (pages !== false) {
     plugins.push(makePluginConfig('@docusaurus/plugin-content-pages', pages));
   }
-  if (isProd && analytics) {
+  if (isProd && googleAnalytics) {
     plugins.push(
-      makePluginConfig('@docusaurus/plugin-google-analytics', analytics),
+      makePluginConfig('@docusaurus/plugin-google-analytics', googleAnalytics),
     );
   }
   if (debug || (debug === undefined && !isProd)) {
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-preset-classic/src/preset-classic.d.ts b/packages/docusaurus-preset-classic/src/preset-classic.d.ts
index 6a21ed2d8cc39..84d71226fa838 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-preset-classic/src/preset-classic.d.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-preset-classic/src/preset-classic.d.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export type Options = {
   pages?: false | import('@docusaurus/plugin-content-pages').Options;
   sitemap?: false | import('@docusaurus/plugin-sitemap').Options;
   theme?: import('@docusaurus/theme-classic').Options;
-  analytics?: import('@docusaurus/plugin-google-analytics').Options;
+  googleAnalytics?: import('@docusaurus/plugin-google-analytics').Options;
   gtag?: import('@docusaurus/plugin-google-gtag').Options;
 };